人にん形ぎょう

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

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noun

doll; puppet; marionette

Refers to a physical doll, puppet, or marionette, including traditional Japanese dolls and toys.

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傀かい儡らい sense 2

傀儡 is a formal, often political term for a puppet leader or figurehead controlled by others, while 人形 can describe the same idea but is more casual and also literally means a physical doll.

操あやつり人にん形ぎょう sense 1

操り人形 specifically means a string-controlled marionette or a person manipulated like one, whereas 人形 is the general word covering all kinds of dolls and puppets.

ぬいぐるみ sense 1

ぬいぐるみ refers only to soft, stuffed toys, while 人形 more broadly covers dolls, figurines, and puppets of any material.

フィギュア

人形 is the broad, traditional word for doll or puppet, while フィギュア usually implies a detailed collectible model, often of an anime or game character.

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マネキン
人形 is the general word for dolls, puppets, or figurines of any size, while マネキン specifically means a life-sized human-shaped model used for displaying clothes or training.
ドール
人形 is the native Japanese word for a doll and covers traditional and puppet dolls, while ドール is a loanword typically used for Western-style or collector's dolls in fashion and subculture contexts.
雛ひな人にん形ぎょうN3
人形 is the general word for any doll, while 雛人形 specifically means the ornamental dolls displayed for the Girls' Festival.

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人ひと影かげN1sense 1

人影 means the silhouette or shadowy figure of a person, while 人形 means an actual doll or puppet; the two are easily confused because of their similar kanji.

置おき物ものN1

人形 means a doll or human-shaped figurine, whereas 置物 covers any decorative object, human-shaped or not.

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